The fifth round of the 2015 Novice Nimble season has drawn to a close just a few days ago and for the first time we actually have a winner that is not Cowcotland. The French novices have finally been pipped at the post, with a US-based Overclock.net team edging out all competitors in the largest and most fiercely contested Novice Nimble round yet. Read on for a full appraisal of the stages, scoring and the final standings.

Just in case you are not fully conversant in the world of competitive novice-grade Overclocking, here’s a quick overview. The Novice Nimble series on OC-ESPORTS allows groups, or indeed teams of Novice-level overclockers to compete head to head. The contest requires that three team members submit scores in each of the five stages using different hardware. The average score of these submissions dictates the team’s standings on each stage.